Clear Channel Advertizing: 100

San Antonio, Texas-based Clear Channel Communications gets a 100 score from the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.

Clear Channel is a major owner of billboards along Sunset Boulevard and around West Hollywood.

W Hotel: 100

The upcoming W Hotel in West Hollywood is owned by Starwood, which gets a perfect 100 score from the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.

The W Hotel will be part of the second phase of the Sunset Millennium development at Sunset and La Cienega in West Hollywood.

Walgreens: 100

Walgreens gets a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.

Walgreens is proposed to be located at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Heights, pending approval from the West Hollywood City Council.

AT&T: 100

West Hollywood's local phone company, San Antonio, Texas-based AT&T got a perfect 100 score on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.

AT&T also owns cellular provider Cingular. Feel proud to dial away for equality!

Best Buy: 100

One of two anchor tenants in the West Hollywood Gateway, Best Buy received a perfect score of 100 in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index.

If we could find parking, we'd say it's "Good to Go"!

Sempra Energy: 100

West Hollywood's natural gas provider, Southern California Gas, is a division of Sempra Utilities.

Sempra gets a perfect 100 score on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.

Bank of America: 100

Bank of America received a perfect 100 score on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.

BofA is almost as ubiquitous as the lower-scoring Starbucks in town, with locations at 8025 Santa Monica, 9021 Sunset, 8655 Beverly, and at Santa Monica and San Vicente.

Wells Fargo: 100

Wells Fargo is one of many financial institutions in West Hollywood to recieve a perfect 100 score from the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.

In West Hollywood, there are Wells Fargo locations at 9000 Sunset, 9201 Sunset and 8571 Santa Monica Boulevard.

Citibank: 100

Citibank is one of several financial institutions in West Hollywood to receive a perfect 100 score on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index and therefore gets our "good to go" label.

In West Hollywood, the Citibank can be found at 8900 Santa Monica Boulevard, and 9059 Sunset Boulevard.

Hyatt West Hollywood: 100

The Global Hyatt Corporation is one of four hotel groups to receive a perfect 100 score on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.

The Hyatt West Hollywood is located at 8401 Sunset Boulevard, between La Cienega and Sweetzer, and is convenient to Sundays at Prestige, the O-Bar and West Hollywood City Hall.

Chevron: 100

Unlike rival Exxon-Mobil, which scored a zero on the HRC Corporate Equality Index, Chevron gets a perfect 100 score for its treatment of gay and lesbian employees.

Chevron is the only oil and gas company to receive a perfect score from the Human Rights Campaign.

In West Hollywood, you can find Chevron at 1107 La Cienega Blvd., just north of Holloway. There is also one located at Sunset and Crescent Heights just outside City limits.

About the West Hollywood Business Blog

Welcome to the West Hollywood Business Blog. Here, you will find information about how businesses in and around West Hollywood fare on the 2006 Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.

While California law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, that does not mean that all businesses treat their gay and lesbian employees equally. The HRC Index bases its findings on a number of factors--"including whether they have a written non-discrimination policy covering sexual orientation; support transgender employees with written non-discrimination policies and benefits; offer inclusive health insurance, bereavement and family leave policies to employees with same-sex partners; offer diversity training; have GLBT employee groups; engage in appropriate and respectful advertising to the GLBT community; contribute to GLBT community organizations; and decline to engage in any activities that would undermine the goal of equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people."

We'll break down how business rate by industry--so you can compare hotels against each other or decide where to fill your car up with gas--and give those with the highest ratings a "Good to Go" label!

Thanks for visiting this site and thanks for frequenting West Hollywood's gay-friendly businesses!